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4 - The Trick Revealed

A Dragon, Two Beasts, and a Whore Walk into the Bible

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

Sarah Emanuel
Affiliation:
Colby College, Maine
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The fourth chapter is a continuation of the third. Instead of focusing on local adversaries, however, I read with the grain of the text to suggest that the Apocalypse’s humor continues through its representations of Empire and imperial rulers.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • The Trick Revealed
  • Sarah Emanuel, Colby College, Maine
  • Book: Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation
  • Online publication: 12 December 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108634250.005
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  • The Trick Revealed
  • Sarah Emanuel, Colby College, Maine
  • Book: Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation
  • Online publication: 12 December 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108634250.005
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  • The Trick Revealed
  • Sarah Emanuel, Colby College, Maine
  • Book: Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation
  • Online publication: 12 December 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108634250.005
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